Online Survey for Intro to Statistics


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  1. Gender:
    Male Female

  2. Age:
    17 or younger 18 19 20 21 22 or older

  3. Class Year:
    2009 2010 2011 2012

  4. Height:
  5. Weight:

  6. Concentration: What is your primary (intended) concentration?

  7. Second Concentration:

  8. Minor Concentration:

  9. In which discipline is your primary major? (Yes, it's possible to get this information from the above, but it's not easy.)
    Humanities Social Sciences Natural Sciences Undecided

  10. Cumulative GPA at Colgate: (For first-semester students, this will be an estimate.)

  11. First Semester at Colgate GPA: (If you are a first-year, this will be the same as the previous.)

  12. What was your math SAT score?

  13. What was your verbal SAT score?

  14. What was your high school GPA?

  15. What is the maximum amount of credits you have ever taken in one semester at Colgate?
    Less than 4.00 4.00 4.25 4.50 4.75 5.00 5.25 5.50 More than 5.50

  16. What is your household's combined income?

  17. At what age do you plan on retiring?
    <20 <30 <40 <50 <60 <70 >70

  18. What order do you fall in relation to your siblings?
    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th or later

  19. Are you:
    Only child The oldest Somewhere in the middle The youngest

  20. How many hours of sleep do you get on an average school night?
    < 4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 > 9

  21. What is your preferred sleeping position?
    Stomach Back Left-side Right-side

  22. What color is your hair?
    black brown red blonde (natural) blonde (dyed)

  23. Are you multilingual (meaning you use two or more languages)?
    Yes No

  24. For how many years have you been exposed to a second language other than your mother tongue?
    none
    less than 3 years
    equal to or more than 3 years, but less than 6 years
    equal to or more than 6 years, but less than 9 years
    equal to or more than 9 years, but less than 12 years
    equal to or more than 12 years, but less than 15 years
    equal to or more than 15 years

  25. How many nights per month do you go out drinking?
    0 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 16-18 19-21 22-24 25-27

  26. How many hours a weeks to you spend exercising?
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or more

  27. How many extracurricular activities are you involved in?
    0 1 2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11 +

  28. On a scale of 1-5 (5 is highest), how politically invested do you feel you are?
    1 2 3 4 5

  29. What is your race?
    Asian Black Hispanic White Other Mixed or prefer not to answer

  30. Where do you currently live?
    Freshman Dorms
    Drake, Bryan or Curtis Complex
    Broad Street
    Apartments
    Town Houses
    Cutten Complex
    Other

  31. Where do you study?
    Library Common room/study room Dorm room/apartment Coop Other

  32. How many people do you live with?
    0 1 2 3 4 5+

  33. How many people live in your individual room (yourself included)?
    One Two Three

  34. On average, how many hours do you study per day?
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7+

  35. How many siblings do you have? Include half siblings, exclude step siblings.
    0 1 2 3 4 5 or more

  36. Are your biological parents married?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  37. What is your mother's highest level of education?
    High School or less Associate Bachelor Master Ph.D Don't know / Prefer not to anser

  38. What is your father's highest level of education?
    High school or less Associate Bachelor Master Ph.D. Don't know / Prefer not to anser

  39. Did your biological parents have all of their children together?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  40. Are you a registered voter?
    yes no prefer not to answer

  41. On a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being very well) how well do you think the government is working through current issues?
    1 2 3 4 5

  42. In your free time do you watch or read about politics voluntarily?
    yes no prefer not to answer

  43. On a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the most) how much do you feel each individual's vote matters?
    1 2 3 4 5

  44. Did your high school or town tell you where to register or help you register?
    yes no

  45. Do you go to the gym because of an athletic obligation or personal choice?
    Athletic obligation Personal Choice Health Issues Don't go

  46. How many days a week do you go to the gym?
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  47. What is your favorite NFL team?

  48. On a given day in Frank Dining Hall, when the food lines are short, which would you choose to eat?
    Salad Burger

  49. Who did/will you vote for in the November 4th, 2008 Presidential Election?
    Prefer not to answer
    Barack Obama (Democratic)
    John McCain (Republican)
    Ralph Nader (Independent)
    Cynthia McKinney (Green)
    Bob Barr (Libertarian)
    Did/Will not vote

  50. What political party do you identify with?
    Democratic Republican Independent Green Libertarian Not Registered Prefer not to answer

  51. Which political ideology do your guardian(s) identify most with?
    Democratic Republican Independent Other Apathetic Don't know / prefer not to answer / they disagree

  52. Which political ideology do your best friend(s) identify most with?
    Democratic Republican Independent Other Apathetic Don't know / prefer not to answer / they disagree

  53. On a scale of 1-9, where would you rank your political beliefs (1 being far left (liberal), 9 being far right (conservative))?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Prefer not to answer

  54. Are you a first time voter?
    Yes No Do not vote

  55. Are you from a swing state of Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia?
    Yes No

  56. Were/Are you influenced to vote based on whether or not your state is considered a swing state?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  57. Do you think it is difficult to vote absentee?
    Yes No Don't know

  58. Do/Did you like the candidates on the ballot?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  59. Do you think it is important to excercise your right to vote?
    Yes No

  60. Do/Did you vote due to strong feelings about a particular issue?
    Yes No, but I did vote I did not vote Prefer not to answer

  61. What type of computer do you use?
    Macintosh Windows PC Other (Linux, etc.)

  62. How strong is your preference to your given computer type on a scale from 1-5 (1 meaning you are indifferent between computer types, 5 meaning you are completely devoted to only your computer type)
    1 2 3 4 5

  63. How many years have you been using the type of computer you currently use?
    <1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4+

  64. How proficient do you believe you are with computers on a scale of 1-5 (1= no clue how to use a computer, 5=SOURCe nerd)
    1 2 3 4 5

  65. How many cups of coffee do you drink during an average week day?
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7+

  66. How many weeknights (Mon, Wed, Thu) do you go out on during a typical week?
    0 1 2 3

  67. How many weekend nights (Fri, Sat) do you go out on during a typical week?
    0 1 2

  68. On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your overall happiness at Colgate? (Larger numbers are happier.)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  69. On a typical night when you go out, how often do you go to the bars (including the Jug) as your final destination?
    Never Occaisionally Sometimes Often Almost Always Always

  70. How far away do you live from home?
    1-3 hours (by car) 4-6 hours (by car) 7-9 hours (by car) more than 10 hours (by car)

  71. How many nights a week to you spend socializing with friends?
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  72. Are you comfortable with where you stand academically at Colgate?
    Yes No

  73. Do you have a common room attatched to your personal room?
    Yes No

  74. How long ago did you graduate from high school?
    1 year ago 2 years ago 3 years ago More than 3 years ago

  75. How tall were you when you graduated from high school?

  76. Did you play sports in high school?
    Yes, but not on organized teams Yes, on an organized team No, I did not play sports in high school

  77. On average, how many nights per week do you consume alcohol?
    I do not drink alcohol 1 night per week 2 nights per week 3 nights per week
    4 nights per week 5 nights per week more than 5 nights per week prefer not to answer

  78. Do you regularly use any illegal drugs other than alcohol?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  79. Do you smoke marijuan?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  80. Do you typically eat after a night of drinking?
    I do not drink Yes No no pattern Prefer not to answer

  81. Do you typically eat after smoking marijuana?
    I do not smoke marijuana Yes No no pattern Prefer not to answer

  82. Where do you primarily eat your meals?
    Frank The Coop The Cutting Edge Bistro Restaurants in downtown Hamilton
    At my fraternity or sorority house I mostly cook for myself

  83. On average, how many meals do you eat per day?
    1 or less 2 3 4 5 or more

  84. How many meals do you eat on your busiest day?
    1 or less 2 3 4 5 or more

  85. How many meals do you eat on your least busy day?
    1 or less 2 3 4 5 or more

  86. Do you participate in sports at Colgate?
    Yes, for fun with friends Yes, at the Club or Intramural level
    Yes, I am a varsity athlete No, I do not participate in sports at Colgate

  87. If you are a varsity athlete, how many hours per day do you spend with your sport?
    I am not a varsity athlete 1 (or less) 2 3 4 5-6 6-7 7-8 more than 8

  88. Are you a member of a Greek organization?
    Yes No I am a freshman and not old enough to be a member

  89. What percentage of the reading do you do for your math/science courses?
    0%-20% 20%-40% 40%-60% 60%-80% 80%-100%

  90. What percentage of the reading do you do for your humanities/social science courses?
    0%-20% 20%-40% 40%-60% 60%-80% 80%-100%

  91. What percentage of classes you have taken thus far (to contribute to your GPA) have been math/science (assuming the rest are humanities/social sciences)?
    0%-20% 20%-40% 40%-60% 60%-80% 80%-100%

  92. How many hours per week do you devote to extracurricular activities (not including Varsity sports)?
    0 1-2 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 more than 12

  93. If you are not a first-year student, what was your GPA for the Spring semester of 2008 (round to nearest tenth)?

  94. How many hours did you spend participating in athletics in Spring semester of 2008?
    I'm a first-year 0-3 4-7 8-11 12-15 16-19 20+

  95. How many dates have you been on at Colgate?
    0 1-2 3-5 6-10 >10

  96. Are you in a long-term relationship?
    yes no prefer not to answer

  97. Have you ever had a long-term relationship?
    yes no prefer not to answer

  98. To what degree do you think the Colgate student body is geared towards 'hooking-up'?
    Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Slightly Disagree
    Slightly Agree Moderately Agree Strongly Agree

  99. Would you rather:
    Be in a relationship? Be single? Have a 'friend with benefits'? Have random hookups?

  100. How effective do you think the Bring Back the Date campaign at Colgate has been?
    Very Effective Effective Neutral Ineffective Very Ineffective

  101. Has the party scene at Colgate discouraged you from dating?
    Strongly Agree Moderately Agree Agree Disagree Moderately Disagree Strongly Agree

  102. How many nights a week do you go out, on average?
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  103. How often do you go home with someone, with whom you are not in a defined relationship, after a night out with the intention of hooking up?
    Every Time Most of the Time Some of the Time Hardly Ever Never Prefer not to answer

  104. How many alcoholic drinks on average do you consume per week? A drink is defined as one shot, one beer, a glass of wine or one standard mixed drink.

    0 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30+ prefer not to answer

  105. Have you ever had an eating disorder?
    yes, but only before Colgate yes, at Colgate no opt out

  106. What part of the country are you from?
    New England Midwest West Coast Southwest South

  107. How many of your close friends/relatives have served in the current war in Iraq?
    0 1 2 3 4 or more

  108. How justified was the U.S. in going into Iraq in 2003? (1-Not, 5-Very)
    1 2 3 4 5

  109. To what extent should the U.S. decrease political and military involvement in the Middle East? (1-Totally, 5-None)
    1 2 3 4 5

  110. Did you apply to Colgate Early Decision?
    Yes No

  111. What was your primary reason for coming to Colgate?
    Sports Academic Reputation A Scholarship A Legacy Location Size Other

  112. What was your secondary reason for coming to Colgate?
    Sports Academic Reputation A Scholarship A Legacy Location Size Other

  113. Are you on Financial Aid from Colgate?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  114. How many hours on average per week do you spend participating in athletic activities? (This includes varsity, club, intramural, PE)
    0 1-2 3-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 More than 30

  115. Are you an International Student?
    Yes No

  116. Did you receive a non-sports scholarship from Colgate?
    Yes No

  117. Did you commit to play intercollegiate sports for Colgate when you applied?
    Yes No

  118. How many hours on average do you spend per week working a paid position?
    0 1-2 3-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 More than 30

  119. What is the average number of years between the births of your mother's children?
    0 (I am an only child) 1 2 3 4 5

  120. What is the average number of years between the births of your father's children?
    0 (I am an only child) 1 2 3 4 5 or more

  121. How old was your mother when she had her first child?
    20 or younger 21-25 25-30 31-35 36-40 41 or older

  122. How old was your father when he had his first child?
    20 or younger 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41 or older

  123. How many of your mother's children were born out of wedlock?
    Prefer not to answer 0 1 2 3 4 5 or more

  124. How many of your father's children were born out of wedlock?
    Prefer not to answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more

  125. How many times has your mother been married?
    0 1 2 3 or more Not sure / Prefer not to answer

  126. How many times has your father been married?
    0 1 2 3 or more Not sure / Prefer not to answer

  127. Do you own an Ipod or Mp3 player?
    Yes No

  128. How many hours per week do you estimate you listen to music?
    0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 35+

  129. What year are you at Colgate?
    Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Fifth Year

  130. What is the total number of songs in your music library? (including songs on your computer or Ipod/Mp3 player, disregarding overlap)
    0-100 101-250 251-500 501-1000 1001-1500 1501-2500 2501-4000 4001+

  131. Your mother's job deals with mostly
    Social Sciences Natural Sciences Humanities Unemployed Other

  132. Your father's job deals with mostly
    Social Sciences Natural Sciences Humanities Unemployed Other

  133. Which subject did you like best in high school?
    Math Science English History Other

  134. Which subject did you like least in high school?
    Math Science English History Other

  135. Which subject did you do the best in in high school?
    Math Science English History Other

  136. Which subject did you do the worst in in high school?
    Math Science English History Other

  137. In high school, did you ever consume alcohol?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  138. In your senior year of high school, how many times a week did you consume alcohol (on average)?
    0 1 2 3 or more Prefer not to answer

  139. In your senior year of high school, how many times did you drink in a semester(roughly)?
    0 1 2 3-5 6-8 9-11 12-15 16 and over Prefer not to answer

  140. In this current semester, roughly how many times have you consumed alcohol?
    0 1 2 3-6 7-10 11-14 15-18 more than 19

  141. In this current semester, roughly how many times have you browned out (not remembered everything from the night) due to alcohol?
    0 1 2 3-5 6-8 9-11 12-15 16 or more

  142. In this current semester, roughly how many times have you blacked out (not remembered anything for a given period of time from the night) due to alcohol?
    0 1 2 3-5 6-8 9-11 12-15 16 or more

  143. This semester, how many times have you thrown up due to consumption of alcohol?
    0 1 2 3-5 6-8 9-11 12-15 16 or more

  144. In your time at Colgate, have you ever gone to the hospital due to alcohol consumption?
    yes no

  145. On a given night that you go out, how many alcoholic beverages do you consume (on average)?
    0 1 2 3 4-6 7-10 11 or more

  146. For how many years did you attend private school (K-12)?
    0 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 >10

  147. Which of the following best describes your home town?
    Rural Suburban Urban

  148. How many classes do you have on your busiest day?
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6

  149. How many classes do you have on your least busy day?
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6

  150. How would you best describe the political affiliation of your home state?
    Red Blue Swing Don't know

  151. How often are you involved in political discussions/debates?
    Never Rarely Sometimes Frequently Whenever Possible

  152. How often do you read a national newspaper?
    Never Rarely Sometimes Frequently Everyday

  153. Which best describes your religious views?
    Prefer not to answer
    Roman Catholicism
    Christianity, not Roman Catholicism
    Judaism
    Hinduism
    Islam
    Atheist
    Agnostic
    Buddhism
    Other

  154. Which best describes your high school?
    Private Public Home schooling Other

  155. How would you best describe your living situation growing up?
    Apartment House Other

  156. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rank the quality of campus food?
    1 (worst) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (best)

  157. Did you participate in rushing Greek Life as a sophomore? (N/A for freshmen)
    No Yes N/A

  158. If so, what was the main reason you rushed? If not, what was the main reason you chose not to?
    I felt like I had to: all my friends were doing it so I decided to join in.
    I had always planned on rushing; there was a particular fraternity/sorority I had my eyes on.
    I did not know too much about Greek Life and wanted to learn more.
    For its networking, both undergraduate and post-graduate.
    Greek Life is not for me.
    Dues are too expensive.
    Greek Life would have distracted me from more important activities (academics sports, etc.).
    I did not think I could get into the fraternity/sorority of my choice.

  159. What is your primary learning style?
    Auditory (you learn best by listening to lectures and participating in discussions)
    Visual (you learn best by seeing what is being taught. you prefer images, charts, and diagrams)
    Kinesthetic (you learn best by using your body. you enjoy experiments and lab courses)

  160. On a scale of 0-4, rank yourself in the auditory learning style:
    0 - not at all 1 - somewhat 2 - moderately 3 - mostly 4 - extremely

  161. On a scale of 0-4, rank yourself in the visual learning style:
    0 - not at all 1 - somewhat 2 - moderately 3 - mostly 4 - extremely

  162. On a scale of 0-4, rank yourself in the kinesthetic learning style:
    0 - not at all 1 - somewhat 2 - moderately 3 - mostly 4 - extremely

  163. Which one of the following do you feel is the most important to your own identity?
    Nationality Ethnicity Gender Religion Political Beliefs

  164. If you participated in rush and received a bid, did you accept it? If not, why?
    I didn't participate, or I didn't get a bid.
    I got a bid and accepted it.
    I got a bid, but I did not like that particular fraternity/sorority.
    I got a bid, but dues for that particular fraternity/sorority was too expensive.
    I got a bid, but while there was nothing wrong with that particular fraternity/sorority, my friends accepted bids from different Greek Life organizations.
    I got a bid, but by the end of the process, I had decided Greek Life was not for me.

  165. Do you consider yourself religious?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  166. Is your family religious?
    Yes No Prefer not to answer

  167. When at home, how many times do you attend religious services?
    Never Only on holidays Occasionally Often Weekly Prefer not to answer

  168. When on campus, how many times do you attend religious services?
    Never Only on holidays Occasionally Often Weekly Prefer not to answer

  169. Do your parents require/expect you to attend religious services on campus?
    Yes No

  170. Are services for your religion readily available on campus?
    Yes No Don't know

  171. Do you have friends of the same faith on campus who attend services with you?
    Yes No

  172. Do you regularly pop your collar?
    Yes No

  173. Do you feel pressured to pop your collar by your peers?
    Yes Neutral No

  174. Do you feel pressured by society or the media to pop your collar?
    Yes Neutral No

  175. Do you feel that popped collars are attractive on yourself?
    Yes Neutral No

  176. Do you feel that popped collars are attractive on others?
    Yes Neutral No

  177. Do you approve of popped collars?
    Yes No

  178. How important to you is your college GPA?
    Not Important Somewhat Important Moderately Important Very Important Extremely Important

  179. How important to you is your appearence?
    Not Important Somewhat Important Moderately Important Very Important Extremely Important

  180. How important to you is your physical health?
    Not Important Somewhat Important Moderately Important Very Important Extremely Important

  181. How many nights per week do you go to either parties or bars? (This includes hosting parties, too.)
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  182. Do you believe eating breakfast helps your academics?
    Yes No

  183. Do you eat breakfast?
    Yes No

  184. What time do you usually go to bed?
    6pm or earlier 7pm-9pm 9pm-11pm 11pm-1am 1am-3am 3am-or later

  185. How do you feel about interracial dating?
    I have no problems with it.
    I have no problems, but I would not do it.
    I have no problems with it, but I am not attracted to people outside of my race.
    I have some objections but not many.
    I believe it should not happen.

  186. How many holes are in a round of golf?
    9 18 19 20 don't know

  187. Which baseball player is the all-time leader in home runs hit?
    Willie Mays Babe Ruth Barry Bonds Mark McGuire don't know

  188. How many periods are there in a basketball game?
    1 2 3 4 5 6

  189. Which of the following states does not have a professional football team?
    New York Washington California Nebraska don't know

  190. Who of the following is not presently or was never a Colgate athlete?
    Jordan Scott Jesse Winchester Mark van Eeghen Will DiGregorio don't know

  191. Who is the all-time NHL leading goal scorer?
    Patrice Bergeron Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux Mark Messier don't know

  192. What sport does Cristiano Ronaldo play?
    Soccer Baseball Golf Basketball don't know

  193. Which school has the most Division I championships from all sports?
    UCLA Stanford Tennessee Princeton don't know

  194. In which of the following sports can the score labeled (try) be obtained?
    Squash Cricket Rugby Polo don't know

  195. Which professional football team has won the most total championships?
    New England Patriots Green Bay Packers Dallas Cowboys San Francisco 49ers don't know

  196. What is your GPA in your CORE classes? (For first-semester students, this will be an estimate.)